Endocrine Abstracts

Ample literature exists on thyroid functioning and adjustments in Iodine-sufficient pregnant women. But information from endemic-iodine zones is meagre. In this study we attempt to understand how the thyroid copes with the dual challenge of iodine deficiency posed by physiological status of pregnancy and that by Iodine-deficient environment.Objective: To compare TSH and FT4 profiles and their mutual correlation in iodine-deficient and iodine-sufficient s...